Find out about how insects are being researched at SciTechDaily.com. Researchers within the scientific field of insects (entomology) are concerned with studying insect behavior in order to apply it to fields such as agriculture and pest control.
Bees that learned from others were more adept and preferred the learned solution over alternatives. Bumblebees learn to solve a puzzle by watching more experienced…
High levels of ozone destroy the chemical mating signal of the insects and may thus contribute to global insect decline. Insect sexual communication relies to…
Scientists have constructed the first-ever map showing every single neuron and how they’re wired together in the brain of the fruit fly larva. Researchers have…
In the quest to understand how we think, “everything has been working up to this.” Researchers have completed the most advanced brain map to date,…
A new study has shown that bumblebees pick up new “trends” in their behavior by watching and learning from other bees, and that one form…
Tiny insects known as sharpshooters excrete by catapulting urine drops at incredible accelerations. Their excretion is the first example of superpropulsion discovered in a biological…
Recent identification of the giant lacewing points to deeper ecological questions. A giant insect plucked from the façade of an Arkansas Walmart has set historic…
The sequestration of plant toxins by monarch butterflies results in decreased visibility of warning signals. Aposematism in animals: the more toxic, the more striking the…
An entomologist has identified a new species of large insect from Nepal with odd genitalia. Zoologist Professor Rainer Willmann, previously the head of the Zoological…
The female locust’s digging ability allows her to bury her eggs in a safe location by extending her abdomen, including her nervous system, to two…
Insects today are causing unprecedented levels of damage to plants, even as insect numbers decline, according to new research led by scientists from the University…
70 scientists have issued a warning about the effects of climate change. “If no action is taken to better understand and reduce the impact of…
A new printable and wearable insect repellent. Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) scientists have invented a new type of insect-repellent delivery device. The active ingredient…
Long believed to be extinct on the main island of Lord Howe Island, the wood-feeding cockroach was found at the foot of a single Banyan…
A soybean virus can actually benefit soybean thrips. According to research from Penn State, most viral infections have a detrimental effect on an organism’s health,…
A new native bee species with a dog-like “snout” has been discovered in the Perth bushland of Western Australia. It was identified through Curtin University-led…
Bumble bees play, according to new research published in the journal Animal Behaviour. It is the first time that object play behavior has been shown…
Researchers have engineered a system for creating remote-controlled cyborg cockroaches, equipped with a tiny wireless control module that is powered by a rechargeable battery attached…
